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SYNOPSIS
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<b>#include &#60;pcre.h&#62;</b>
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<b>int pcre_fullinfo(const pcre *<i>code</i>, const pcre_extra *<i>extra</i>,</b>
<b>int <i>what</i>, void *<i>where</i>);</b>
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DESCRIPTION
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This function returns information about a compiled pattern. Its arguments are:
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  <i>code</i>    Compiled regular expression
  <i>extra</i>   Result of <b>pcre_study()</b> or NULL
  <i>what</i>    What information is required
  <i>where</i>   Where to put the information
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The following information is available:
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  PCRE_INFO_BACKREFMAX     Number of highest back reference
  PCRE_INFO_CAPTURECOUNT   Number of capturing subpatterns
  PCRE_INFO_FIRSTBYTE      Fixed first byte for a match, or
                             -1 for start of string
                                or after newline, or
                             -2 otherwise
  PCRE_INFO_FIRSTTABLE     Table of first bytes
                             (after studying)
  PCRE_INFO_LASTLITERAL    Literal last byte required
  PCRE_INFO_NAMECOUNT      Number of named subpatterns
  PCRE_INFO_NAMEENTRYSIZE  Size of name table entry
  PCRE_INFO_NAMETABLE      Pointer to name table
  PCRE_INFO_OPTIONS        Options used for compilation
  PCRE_INFO_SIZE           Size of compiled pattern
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The yield of the function is zero on success or:
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  PCRE_ERROR_NULL       the argument <i>code</i> was NULL
                        the argument <i>where</i> was NULL
  PCRE_ERROR_BADMAGIC   the "magic number" was not found
  PCRE_ERROR_BADOPTION  the value of <i>what</i> was invalid
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There is a complete description of the PCRE API in the
<a href="pcreapi.html"><b>pcreapi</b></a>
page.
